Since forming in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia in 2005, Orchid’s Curse have positioned themselves at the forefront of the highly under rated East Coast metal scene in Canada. Ensuring that every show left the band drained of all they had and every album was created with the absolute best they could find. For Words, the third release from Orchid’s Curse, the band took themselves to Coda Pop Studios, wisely choosing the production team: engineer Erien Eady-Ward and producer Jason Vautour (Pith) who took the project on initially with mixing by Shaun Thingvold (Darkest Hour, Strapping Young Lad, Etc.) and mastering by the much sought out Jamie King (BTBAM, Glass Casket, Etc.).

It’s the hard-patented blend of metal and hardcore that this band have been doing from the beginning without much deviation, and fans should love it. It has the high-energy tempos, pounding drums, metalized hardcore riffs and viscous shouting vocals – oh yeah, it has breakdowns too… did I mention breakdowns? It also has the unrelenting intensity that make this albums a joy to listem too. What else should a hardcore album really have – this isn’t supposed to be music for rocket scientists, it’s supposed to get you pumped and ready to lift heavy things and put them back down again.

Who really expects them to stray too far away from a formula they use when it continues to work so well? "Words" isn’t going to surprise fans or detractors with its metal/hardcore blend, and it’s not going to impress those that irrationally expect every release to be a mind-blowing exercise in progression and experimentation. On the other hand, it should impress fans and satiate their desire for no-frills, in your face music. In fact, with less emphasis on metal, Orchids Curse have even managed to up the intensity levels; and what is OC without intensity?